void bluesky_string_ref(BlueSkyRCStr *string)
{
+ if (string == NULL)
+ return;
+
g_atomic_int_inc(&string->refcount);
}
void bluesky_string_unref(BlueSkyRCStr *string)
{
+ if (string == NULL)
+ return;
+
if (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test(&string->refcount)) {
g_free(string->data);
g_free(string);
/* Duplicate and return a new reference-counted string, containing a copy of
* the original data, with a reference count of 1. As an optimization, if the
* passed-in string already has a reference count of 1, the original is
- * returned. Can be used to make a mutable copy of a shared string. */
+ * returned. Can be used to make a mutable copy of a shared string. For this
+ * to truly be safe, it is probably needed that there be some type of lock
+ * protecting access to the string. */
BlueSkyRCStr *bluesky_string_dup(BlueSkyRCStr *string)
{
+ if (string == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
if (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test(&string->refcount)) {
/* There are no other shared copies, so return this one. */
g_atomic_int_inc(&string->refcount);